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#nofgm I am a survivor who have dedicated to end one of the worst forms of child abuse on earth. This is called Female genital mutilation aka FGM
#nofgm God willing I will be 54
years this October. I remember
bern held down. I remember dirty
razors. I remember the first cut
how my body raged with sharp,
shooting pain went through me.
I remember how I begged for
mercy. I remember seeing my flesh on the floor.
years this October. I remember
bern held down. I remember dirty
razors. I remember the first cut
how my body raged with sharp,
shooting pain went through me.
I remember how I begged for
mercy. I remember seeing my flesh on the floor.
As 6yr girl. I experienced
butchery that changed my
life.That butchery still haunts
me. The butchery is robbing
innocent girls' lives every day.
Over 200 million women & girls
experienced Fgm. One of the
worst forms of child abuse on
earth.
butchery that changed my
life.That butchery still haunts
me. The butchery is robbing
innocent girls' lives every day.
Over 200 million women & girls
experienced Fgm. One of the
worst forms of child abuse on
earth.
#nofgm thread
when they finished mutilating me. My voice was gone from screaming. My body was raging with pain. I couldn't open my eyes. After all, I prayed so hard to die because I couldn't cope with the pain. All this only this see the age of 6yrs. I can still smell my bood
when they finished mutilating me. My voice was gone from screaming. My body was raging with pain. I couldn't open my eyes. After all, I prayed so hard to die because I couldn't cope with the pain. All this only this see the age of 6yrs. I can still smell my bood
I felt everything. My body was on fire. I felt as if it was lit up from head to toe. Every part of the body was in pain. My flesh on the floor coated with sand. The cutter's hands look like she dipped in red paint. The nightmare is too much.
How is this happening to me. How are my screams ignored? How am I still alive? Pain just keeps on consuming me. It doesn't stop. It's constant. I am utterly exhausted. Death would feel better I tell myself. The hut stunk of blood.
#ICYMI: A Mother's Cry - Save Me, He's Been Beating me Because I Refused #FGM On Our Daughter!
#Nigeria: Naomi Jolly (an accountant at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital) has cried out to the police how her husband (a medical doctor) has been serially battering her over
#Nigeria: Naomi Jolly (an accountant at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital) has cried out to the police how her husband (a medical doctor) has been serially battering her over
her refusal to circumcise their daughter.
She told police interrogators that when she was subjected to FGM, she almost bled to death years ago.
“It all started in December 2015 when I gave birth to my daughter, Amanda. After delivery, my husband asked me what I know about female
She told police interrogators that when she was subjected to FGM, she almost bled to death years ago.
“It all started in December 2015 when I gave birth to my daughter, Amanda. After delivery, my husband asked me what I know about female
circumcision and I told him I don’t like it at all. I narrated my own experience to him. That was when I was 12 years. My parents did it and I bled to the point of death. So I said to him that I will not want anyone to have such an experience.
“He said that’s why he wants our
“He said that’s why he wants our
My #FGM TORTURE🩸
"My Genitals Were Sewn Up With Acacia Thorns (the image)!"
Malko Jama Recalls Hers:
""I was nine. A woman came to the house. They held me down and held my legs apart and she cut me with a razor and stitched me back up with acacia thorns.
She cut out the clitoris
"My Genitals Were Sewn Up With Acacia Thorns (the image)!"
Malko Jama Recalls Hers:
""I was nine. A woman came to the house. They held me down and held my legs apart and she cut me with a razor and stitched me back up with acacia thorns.
She cut out the clitoris
and the inner labia and then she cut out the flesh from the outer labia and sewed up the skin that was left.
Now they have a more modern way for stitching girls back up but at the time they used thorns like pins.
She cut out the clitoris and the inner labia and then she cut out
Now they have a more modern way for stitching girls back up but at the time they used thorns like pins.
She cut out the clitoris and the inner labia and then she cut out
the flesh from the outer labia and sewed up the skin that was left.
When it was finished they took a big sheet and a cord and they bound my thighs together... so that I had to stay there with my legs together. They brought me small pieces of bread but refused to allow me water or
When it was finished they took a big sheet and a cord and they bound my thighs together... so that I had to stay there with my legs together. They brought me small pieces of bread but refused to allow me water or
My #FGM TORTURE🩸
"My Baby Died Because Of FGM!"
Mrs C Foday Recalls Hers:
"I'm a Nigerian married to a Sierra Leonean man. I refused to be circumcised even in the face of being heavily threatened and publicly mocked by my husband's family and friends.
Then, I became pregnant and
"My Baby Died Because Of FGM!"
Mrs C Foday Recalls Hers:
"I'm a Nigerian married to a Sierra Leonean man. I refused to be circumcised even in the face of being heavily threatened and publicly mocked by my husband's family and friends.
Then, I became pregnant and
in the process of delivery, some #women came to help me but when they opened my wrapper and saw my 'uncut private part', they washed their hands and abandoned me that I and the baby were #cursed!
I was in pain but they showed me no mercy and were about to leave the house when my
I was in pain but they showed me no mercy and were about to leave the house when my
mother-in-law told me to give my consent to be circumcised or else I will die with the baby and we will both be thrown into the forest.
I have never seen very heartless people like that - my husband came into the room and ordered the circumcision.
They came back into the room and
I have never seen very heartless people like that - my husband came into the room and ordered the circumcision.
They came back into the room and
My #FGM TORTURE🩸
"I Was Circumcised Twice Before The Age Of 16!"
Teliwel Diallo Recalls Hers:
"When I was eight years old, my mother told me that it was time for me to become a woman. She took me somewhere. I met other #Girls, some friends and girls from the neighboring village.
"I Was Circumcised Twice Before The Age Of 16!"
Teliwel Diallo Recalls Hers:
"When I was eight years old, my mother told me that it was time for me to become a woman. She took me somewhere. I met other #Girls, some friends and girls from the neighboring village.
Just IN: After A Woman’s Death From #FGM, Court Frees Cutter On Bail🤦🏾
#SierraLeone: Magistrate Momoh Lanasana in Bonthe District has granted bail to a #woman accused of manslaughter after the death of a 21-year-old she subjected to FGM.
The Magistrate released the Sowei known as
#SierraLeone: Magistrate Momoh Lanasana in Bonthe District has granted bail to a #woman accused of manslaughter after the death of a 21-year-old she subjected to FGM.
The Magistrate released the Sowei known as
Sowo Sandy who is said to be in her 60s after the prosecution, for the second time, failed to bring forth their witnesses.
21-year-old Maseray Sei, a #mother of two, died in December 2021 a day after undergoing the procedure at the hands of the Sowei.
An autopsy report says she
21-year-old Maseray Sei, a #mother of two, died in December 2021 a day after undergoing the procedure at the hands of the Sowei.
An autopsy report says she
died after bleeding profusely from the procedure.
Sandy is charged with manslaughter and not directly for carrying out FGM because the practice itself is not outlawed outright even though the country’s child rights law forbids children from being subjected to “harmful treatment”.
Sandy is charged with manslaughter and not directly for carrying out FGM because the practice itself is not outlawed outright even though the country’s child rights law forbids children from being subjected to “harmful treatment”.
My #FGM TORTURE🩸
Agnes Pareyio Recalls Hers:
"I was 14 when my mom and grandma announced that I was going to have my clitoris, my labia majora and my labia minora cut out. They said that if I resisted I was a coward. In my culture, the worst thing you can be called is a coward.
Agnes Pareyio Recalls Hers:
"I was 14 when my mom and grandma announced that I was going to have my clitoris, my labia majora and my labia minora cut out. They said that if I resisted I was a coward. In my culture, the worst thing you can be called is a coward.
On the day I was mutilated, I was woken up at three in the morning and taken outside, naked, because the villagers believed that if I felt the morning breeze on my body it would cool me and I would bleed less. I saw that the object they would cut me with was not sharp. I was not
offered any anaesthesia, but I was told not to cry – your father is in the house, they said, and he should never hear you cry.
I was determined to show I was not a coward, so I tried very hard not to show any emotion. As a result, I was cut deeper and I could not stop bleeding. I
I was determined to show I was not a coward, so I tried very hard not to show any emotion. As a result, I was cut deeper and I could not stop bleeding. I
Just IN: More than 100 #FGM Victims In #Liverpool Seen By #NHS Services Last Year🤦🏾
#uk: More than 100 victims of female genital mutilation were seen by NHS services in Liverpool in the year to March, new figures show.
NHS Digital figures show around 130 FGM #survivors in the NHS
#uk: More than 100 victims of female genital mutilation were seen by NHS services in Liverpool in the year to March, new figures show.
NHS Digital figures show around 130 FGM #survivors in the NHS
Liverpool CCG area were seen by health professionals in the year to March – up from roughly 90 the year before.
Of these, approximately 100 were having their injuries reported for the first time.
Only approximate numbers are recorded in the #data to prevent the identification of
Of these, approximately 100 were having their injuries reported for the first time.
Only approximate numbers are recorded in the #data to prevent the identification of
individual women.
Across England, roughly 6,380 #women who attended GP practices or other health services were identified as having undergone FGM in 2021-22 – and around 2,735 were newly-identified individuals.
In the UK, FGM has been banned since 1985.
#uk #BorisJohnson #Johnson
Across England, roughly 6,380 #women who attended GP practices or other health services were identified as having undergone FGM in 2021-22 – and around 2,735 were newly-identified individuals.
In the UK, FGM has been banned since 1985.
#uk #BorisJohnson #Johnson
My #FGM Heartbreak💔
"I Watched My Daughter Suffer!"
Mrs Amburo Recalls It:
"Jamilah was 7 years old when my husband's mom said it was time for her to be infibulated.
I tried to buy time for her to have it done when she was older but my mother-in-law refused.
I knew how torturous
"I Watched My Daughter Suffer!"
Mrs Amburo Recalls It:
"Jamilah was 7 years old when my husband's mom said it was time for her to be infibulated.
I tried to buy time for her to have it done when she was older but my mother-in-law refused.
I knew how torturous
it was to be infibulated because I had mine when I was 6 years old. I can't forget how I almost died from pain when my husband broke me up after I was wedded to him age 14.
I wept through the night before the day of my daughter's infibulation because I knew the pain she will face
I wept through the night before the day of my daughter's infibulation because I knew the pain she will face
and the poor me that couldn't save her.
The next day, I watched as her little hands and legs were pinned down by two women while the cutter began to cut.
Her first scream broke my heart and I ran out in tears as she looked at me and started crying, "Mummy, come! Mummy help me..."
The next day, I watched as her little hands and legs were pinned down by two women while the cutter began to cut.
Her first scream broke my heart and I ran out in tears as she looked at me and started crying, "Mummy, come! Mummy help me..."
Just IN: 'Medicalised #FGM' - #Uganda Indicts #Kenya and #Sudan 😯
Ugandan girls and women are being mutilated from hospitals in the neighbouring Kenya and South Sudan, a senior Govt official has revealed.
The State Minister for Gender and Culture, Ms Peace Regis Mutuuzo, says
Ugandan girls and women are being mutilated from hospitals in the neighbouring Kenya and South Sudan, a senior Govt official has revealed.
The State Minister for Gender and Culture, Ms Peace Regis Mutuuzo, says
some girls and women from Karamoja and Sebei sub-regions sneak into Kenya and South Sudan to secretly undergo medical mutilation.
Ms Mutuuzo said she got to know about the horrible stories of medicalised mutilation last year in September when she led a delegation of legislators
Ms Mutuuzo said she got to know about the horrible stories of medicalised mutilation last year in September when she led a delegation of legislators
for a field mission in the FGM practising districts.
She said whereas some girls and women were voluntarily seeking medical mutilation, others were being mutilated against their will during child birth.
“Medicalised genital mutilation is not happening in Uganda. It is happening
She said whereas some girls and women were voluntarily seeking medical mutilation, others were being mutilated against their will during child birth.
“Medicalised genital mutilation is not happening in Uganda. It is happening
Nessa sequencia @HiboWardere fala de forma franca sobre Mutilação Genital Feminina, crime do qual foi vítima aos 6 anos de idade. Hoje ela é ativista pelo fim dessa pratica misógina e criminosa. Segue o fio:
#NOFGM ***Tópico de leitura difícil***
"Mutilação genital feminina é o corte ou remoção dos órgãos genitais externos femininos. Não há nenhum benefício para a saúde, causa dor e desespero a longo prazo."
"Mutilação genital feminina é o corte ou remoção dos órgãos genitais externos femininos. Não há nenhum benefício para a saúde, causa dor e desespero a longo prazo."
200 mil de mulheres e meninas mundo foram sujeitas à mutilação genital feminina no mundo. 800 meninas são mutiladas por dia. Na minha faixa etária, quase 100% foram mutiladas sem anestesia. Me seguraram e mutilaram sem piedade. Eu gritei tanto que em minutos minha voz sumiu
Breaking NEWS🙌🏽
USA: It's OFFICIAL - Gov. Charlie Baker’s signing of the law on Thursday has made Massachusetts one of the 39 States in the U.S. that have criminalised #FGM.
Under the new law, anyone who knowingly commits FGM on a minor — or transports them within Massachusetts👇🏽
USA: It's OFFICIAL - Gov. Charlie Baker’s signing of the law on Thursday has made Massachusetts one of the 39 States in the U.S. that have criminalised #FGM.
Under the new law, anyone who knowingly commits FGM on a minor — or transports them within Massachusetts👇🏽
or outside the state for these purposes - will face up to 5 years in state prison, or a fine of up to $10,000 and up to two and a half years in a county jail.
The law also tasks the public health commissioner with setting up an educational FGM/C prevention program, working with👇🏽
The law also tasks the public health commissioner with setting up an educational FGM/C prevention program, working with👇🏽
other government and non-governmental organizations to protect and assist victims, and developing recommendations for training health providers to recognize risk factors and warning signs linked to FGM/C.
#EndFGM #Massachusetts #nofgm #USA #usatoday #WomensMonth #women #girl
#EndFGM #Massachusetts #nofgm #USA #usatoday #WomensMonth #women #girl
The LAMENTATION🤦🏽♂️
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has lamented the rise of #GBV globally as he cried for efforts to protect the health and rights of women and girls:
"Let us act to safeguard sexual and reproductive health care, protect the health and rights of
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has lamented the rise of #GBV globally as he cried for efforts to protect the health and rights of women and girls:
"Let us act to safeguard sexual and reproductive health care, protect the health and rights of
women and girls and end gender-based violence.
The (COVID-19) pandemic has made our jobs much harder but we must prevail. With many countries on lockdown and health systems struggling to cope, sexual and reproductive health services are being sidelined and gender-based violence
The (COVID-19) pandemic has made our jobs much harder but we must prevail. With many countries on lockdown and health systems struggling to cope, sexual and reproductive health services are being sidelined and gender-based violence
#FGM is about controlling female sexuality.
- We must talk about sex & a woman’s right to desire & pleasure
- Saying #NoFGM is saying I own my body, not the state, mosque, church, street or family
FEMINIST GIANT rant for International Day of #ZeroTolerance4FGM
Editing @rerutled
- We must talk about sex & a woman’s right to desire & pleasure
- Saying #NoFGM is saying I own my body, not the state, mosque, church, street or family
FEMINIST GIANT rant for International Day of #ZeroTolerance4FGM
Editing @rerutled
Here are statistics for #FGM prevalence in #Egypt that I refer to, via @28TooMany:
With prevalence of 87.2% among all women aged 15-49, in population of 95 million, Egypt has the greatest number of women and girls who have experienced FGM in the world.
#NoFGM #ZeroTolerance4FGM
With prevalence of 87.2% among all women aged 15-49, in population of 95 million, Egypt has the greatest number of women and girls who have experienced FGM in the world.
#NoFGM #ZeroTolerance4FGM
Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM. With FGM prevalence of 87.2% among all women aged 15-49, in a population of nearly 95 million, #Egypt has the greatest number of women and girls who have experienced FGM of any country in the world. We must say #NoFGM
Watch this video via @28TooMany about the Zero Tolerance for #FGM Ribbon Campaign in #Egypt. The ribbon is in the shape of the Arabic word “no.” Together we must say #NoFGM. #ZeroTolerance4FGM
